[pct-l] OR and WA resupply recs

[CWillett at pierce.ctc.edu (Chris Willett)]

Sage advice indeed.  Not liking to brawl over email, I'll just say that the two posts speak for themselves and would urge people to read both completely before firing off something non-constructive.

Suge

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Christopher Willett
cwillett@pierce.ctc.edu
www.pierce.ctc.edu/faculty/cwillett
Pierce College
9401 Farwest Drive SW.
Lakewood, WA. 98498-1999

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> From: 	pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net on behalf of stillroaming
> Sent: 	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:10 AM
> To: 	pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: 	[pct-l] OR and WA resupply recs
> 
> The previous post brought to you by the Oregon Department of Tourism.
> 
> If you're hiking this year, take Suge's resupply suggestions with a grain of
> salt.
> 
> Suge, am I really an 'idiot' if I send a resupply package to Stehekin? The
> selection at the store is terrible. Granted it's only 4 days to the border.
> They didn't even have ramen when I was there in '03.
> 
> Why WOULDN'T you send a resupply package to Ollalie Lake?
> 
> Hitching the 15 MILES in and out of Sisters is not ALWAYS easy. With a
> resupply package waiting for you on trail at Ollalie, you don't need this
> waaaay out of the way, time consuming stop.
> 
> Same statement applies for Stevens Pass. The Kracker Barrel has a terrible
> selection. Why resupply there when you have the wonderful option of sending
> yourself a resupply package there?
> 
> Am I really a 'moron' if I don't buy at Mazama in Crater Lake? In '02 I
> retrieved new shoes, esbit fuel and food from my drift box at Crater Lake. I
> did not resupply from the store, although it had a good selection. Yes I AM
> a moron.
> 
> Telling a person they're an 'idot' or 'moron' because they don't subscribe
> to the strategy you're selling is really, really, STUPID.
> 
> The post does have merit in the sense it is far easier to resupply from
> trail towns than sending yourself a zillion packages. I certainly use the
> town resupply strategy. In some places you have no choice, though. In the
> end, it's your hike. Do what you feel you need to do. Don't let someone
> cajole or brow beat you into a strategy because it works for them or their
> hidden agenda.
> 
> Scott Parks
> 
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